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2 unusual facts about Fingertips


Fingertips

The live version of the song was recorded in June 1962 during a Motortown Revue performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois.

Regal Theater, Chicago

"Little" Stevie Wonder recorded his famous live version of the number-one hit single "Fingertips" at a Motortown Revue there in June 1962 that included Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Mary Wells, and The Marvelettes.


Darren Hanlon

There have been eight video clips made of his songs "Happiness is a Chemical", "Hiccups", "A to Z", "Elbows", "The Unmade Bed","Fingertips & Mountaintops", "All These Things", "Electric Skeleton" and the latest "Butterfly Bones" starring Bob Ellis, Rhys Muldoon and Jessica Tovey.

Hot aches

Andy Cave (2005 winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature) describes it well in his award winning book Learning to Breathe: "I had the hot aches... As the blood began to creep back into my hands I bowed my head. It felt like small shards of broken glass were being hammered into my fingertips."

Manilla, New South Wales

More recently, Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hanlon immortalised the town of Manilla in his song 'Manilla NSW' which appeared on his 2006 record, 'Fingertips and Mountaintops'.

Minx Nails

The company’s tagline is “Minx extends fashion to your fingertips” and designers including Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Gareth Pugh, Alice + Olivia and Thierry Mugler have featured custom Minx in their fashion shows.

Virtual pharmacy

Soon after, Drugstore.com released their own site and went public on Feb. 27th, 1999, they immediately claimed to be the world largest Pharmacy/Drugstore because they were able to offer so many products and prescriptions virtually at consumers fingertips without the cost of storing them at individual retail locations.


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